An Extra’s POV

Looking at the five, they all had training attire on.

Brutus wore light armor, the age and luster of his equipment pretty glaring to an observant eye. Justin and Clark wore similar-looking armor, with the former's looking a lot lighter, while the latter had more bulk to it.

Belle and Lucielle had some Enchanted Items on them, and Belle still had a book in her hand, which made it clear they were most likely practicing Spells. While Belle had the attire similar to a student, Lucielle wore a Mage's cape,with her inner attire being a loose white shirt and long trousers.

Based on everything about their appearance, coupled with the slight looks of exhaustion on the faces of the three Otherworlders, it was easy to deduce that they were just finished with training.

Justin and Clark were with Brutus, while Belle was with Lucielle. They rendezvoused and decided to visit Alicia's room together.

~They come here every day, Master. Ever since she fell asleep and was admitted here.~

The moment Rey heard those words in his head, he felt a little startled and also slightly suspicious.

'Ater, you… did you know they would come here at this time, yet you didn't tell me beforehand?'

Rey's initial plan was to approach them after properly organizing his thoughts. However, that didn't mean he was actively avoiding them.

After all, once he sensed their presence approaching the room, he had more than enough time to leave. They wouldn't have spotted him at all.

But… he didn't.

Perhaps that was because, deep down, he just wanted to get things over with. He didn't want to run anymore, and he simply wanted to see how they would react to him after all this time.

And now…

'... It's the moment of truth, I guess.'

Rey watched as the three finally got over their shock and looked at one other. They nodded, clearly in agreement on something.

Then—

'Here it comes!'

—They finally stepped forward, entering the room while walking towards Rey.

They had serious expressions on their faces; a sharp contrast to the jolly reaction that Lucielle opened up with. Brutus had a fairly neutral expression on his face, and after apologizing for Lucielle's behavior and dragging her away from Rey, he was silent.

for Brutus getting the Grand Mage away from

anger or malice in his eyes. He simply stood in a corner, his

hadn't seen each other in nearly three months,

visitors during my coma. It was for my safety, so I can't particularly get upset

Rey was done making this thought, his classmates were already right in

than Belle, and about the same height as Justin. However, Clark still remained the biggest in

faces on their faces slowly began to break

down, and he prepared

Clark spoke up first, his

never expected that

Not from them!

come when you did. Thanks…" Justin proceeded with

found this

classmates? Why are they being so nice to me?' He swiftly sent a message to the Familiar who stood a distance from him

You already told me

the truth, but that only made the situation all the

they saying this? Eric and Billy died because of my negligence. Adonis left… Alicia is

seek who

Dragons were the obvious targets for the anger and scorn of the humans, but for his classmates, Rey knew they would find it easier to fault

lied to them. He made them risk their lives.

~If I may, Master…~

in his mind, just as

every life that was lost due to your supposed carelessness,

without us. You got hurt so badly… and yet…" Belle's eyes were surprisingly teary

seen her this emotional. He probably

for us and

really. I was practically fighting for my life for most of the battle.' Rey thought

wanted, he could have

But…

mean abandoning Alicia…' He clenched his fist and

no saint, but he understood enough about life to understand that he couldn't just let them

he could

I was no match for that Beast, I couldn't

could now understand why his classmates were going easy on him